2017-18 Men's Crew Roster
Roster
Williams, Anthony

Anthony Williams
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chestnut Hill, Pa.
- High School:
- Friends Select
Bio
2020-21 / Graduate Student
IRCA Scholar Athlete…competed in nine races for the Dragons…stroke seat for the Varsity 8 in wins against Gonzaga and Marietta…sat second seat in the Second Varsity 8, helping the team to a 13th place finish at IRA Nationals and a third place time at the Bergen Cup Regatta.
2019-20 / Senior
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…topped Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova in the second varsity eight at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in New Jersey (Sept. 21)…finished seventh out of 31 boats in the varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River (Oct. 12)…placed 17th out of 40 boats in the men’s collegiate four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 20)…appeared in the men’s championship 8+ B boat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…placed in the top half of a field of 50 competitors in the varsity heavyweight 8+ A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Junior
Helped the varsity eight place 21st overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat four seat of the varsity eight in their second place grand final finish at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, placed third against Columbia and Delaware in the varsity eight (May 4)…finished second in the varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…on the Washington Harbour, won races over GW and Georgetown in the varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational (April 13)…from Lower Otay Lake in Chula Vista, Calif., part of the varsity eight boat that earned wins against UC San Diego, Gonzaga and University of San Diego, losing just one race to Stanford (March 30-31)…won in the varsity eight boat at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…opened the spring with a varsity eight win against La Salle and Villanova on the Schuylkill River (March 16)…named to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association All-Academic Team.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 6-seat for the second varsity eight that finished fourth at the Dad Vail Regatta…member of the second varsity eight which was named Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week for the week ending Oct. 23…at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta, placed second in the varsity eight…edged out San Diego by 1.90 seconds to win gold at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta in the second varsity eight…placed first in the second varsity eight at the Bergen Cup on the Schuylkill River…in the varsity eight, finished first and second at the George Washington Invitational on the Potomac River…the Dragons finished third of nine schools with 51 points in the Oliver T. Carr Bowl (men’s point title) at the George Washington Invitational…competed against No. 5 Princeton, No. 15 George Washington and Georgetown in the second varsity eight on Lake Carnegie…against La Salle and Villanova, was victorious in the second varsity eight…at Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J., placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the second varsity eight…sat 4-seat for the varsity eight that placed second of 26 boats at the Navy Day Regatta…earned a top-10 finish at the 53rd annual Head of the Charles Regatta in the second varsity eight, finishing eighth of 37 boats…in the second varsity eight A, finished over nine seconds ahead of Penn to place first of 38 boats at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta…finished 20th of 37 boats in the varsity eight B at the Princeton Chase…at the Frostbite Regatta on Mercer Lake, earned a third-place finish in the varsity eight B.
2016-17 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall Dad Vail Regatta title…sat 2-seat in the freshmen eight that won the gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…helped the freshmen eight to the gold medal at the 51st annual Kerr Cup Regatta…won the freshmen eight gold medal at the Bergen Cup…rowed in the freshmen eight that beat Columbia’s third varsity eight in a dual race…nearly topped Navy’s fifth varsity eight in the freshmen eight…raced to a fourth overall finish with the third varsity eight A at the Murphy Cup Regatta...in the fall, sat 2-seat in the freshmen eight A’s first-place finish at the Frostbite Regatta to conclude the fall season…finished fifth in the freshmen eight A sitting stroke at the Rutgers Fall Classic…rowed stroke for the varsity eight B that finished 14th of 22 at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…competed in the varsity eight C at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase…took fourth of 18 freshmen eight boats at the Navy Day Regatta…opened the fall season with a win at the Rumson Boat Race in the second varsity eight.
Background
Attended Friends Select School…as a senior, won the Manny Flick Series in the men’s varsity single…finished second at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in the single…took second at USRowing Club Nationals in the men’s U19 quad…gold medalist at USRowing Club Nationals in the U19 double…finished first at the 134th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in the men’s U19 double…took third at the SRAA National Championships in the single…was a four-time PSRA City Championship medalist…as a junior. Finished second at the SRAA National Championships in the single…took first at the Independence Day Regatta in the double and quad…second-place finish in the double at the Navy Day Regatta.
Personal
Son of Charmagne Collick and Anthony Williams Jr….has a younger brother…grandmother graduated from Drexel in 1972...majoring in psychology.
IRCA Scholar Athlete…competed in nine races for the Dragons…stroke seat for the Varsity 8 in wins against Gonzaga and Marietta…sat second seat in the Second Varsity 8, helping the team to a 13th place finish at IRA Nationals and a third place time at the Bergen Cup Regatta.
2019-20 / Senior
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…topped Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova in the second varsity eight at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in New Jersey (Sept. 21)…finished seventh out of 31 boats in the varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River (Oct. 12)…placed 17th out of 40 boats in the men’s collegiate four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 20)…appeared in the men’s championship 8+ B boat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…placed in the top half of a field of 50 competitors in the varsity heavyweight 8+ A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Junior
Helped the varsity eight place 21st overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat four seat of the varsity eight in their second place grand final finish at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, placed third against Columbia and Delaware in the varsity eight (May 4)…finished second in the varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…on the Washington Harbour, won races over GW and Georgetown in the varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational (April 13)…from Lower Otay Lake in Chula Vista, Calif., part of the varsity eight boat that earned wins against UC San Diego, Gonzaga and University of San Diego, losing just one race to Stanford (March 30-31)…won in the varsity eight boat at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…opened the spring with a varsity eight win against La Salle and Villanova on the Schuylkill River (March 16)…named to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association All-Academic Team.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 6-seat for the second varsity eight that finished fourth at the Dad Vail Regatta…member of the second varsity eight which was named Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week for the week ending Oct. 23…at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta, placed second in the varsity eight…edged out San Diego by 1.90 seconds to win gold at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta in the second varsity eight…placed first in the second varsity eight at the Bergen Cup on the Schuylkill River…in the varsity eight, finished first and second at the George Washington Invitational on the Potomac River…the Dragons finished third of nine schools with 51 points in the Oliver T. Carr Bowl (men’s point title) at the George Washington Invitational…competed against No. 5 Princeton, No. 15 George Washington and Georgetown in the second varsity eight on Lake Carnegie…against La Salle and Villanova, was victorious in the second varsity eight…at Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J., placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the second varsity eight…sat 4-seat for the varsity eight that placed second of 26 boats at the Navy Day Regatta…earned a top-10 finish at the 53rd annual Head of the Charles Regatta in the second varsity eight, finishing eighth of 37 boats…in the second varsity eight A, finished over nine seconds ahead of Penn to place first of 38 boats at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta…finished 20th of 37 boats in the varsity eight B at the Princeton Chase…at the Frostbite Regatta on Mercer Lake, earned a third-place finish in the varsity eight B.
2016-17 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall Dad Vail Regatta title…sat 2-seat in the freshmen eight that won the gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…helped the freshmen eight to the gold medal at the 51st annual Kerr Cup Regatta…won the freshmen eight gold medal at the Bergen Cup…rowed in the freshmen eight that beat Columbia’s third varsity eight in a dual race…nearly topped Navy’s fifth varsity eight in the freshmen eight…raced to a fourth overall finish with the third varsity eight A at the Murphy Cup Regatta...in the fall, sat 2-seat in the freshmen eight A’s first-place finish at the Frostbite Regatta to conclude the fall season…finished fifth in the freshmen eight A sitting stroke at the Rutgers Fall Classic…rowed stroke for the varsity eight B that finished 14th of 22 at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…competed in the varsity eight C at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase…took fourth of 18 freshmen eight boats at the Navy Day Regatta…opened the fall season with a win at the Rumson Boat Race in the second varsity eight.
Background
Attended Friends Select School…as a senior, won the Manny Flick Series in the men’s varsity single…finished second at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in the single…took second at USRowing Club Nationals in the men’s U19 quad…gold medalist at USRowing Club Nationals in the U19 double…finished first at the 134th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in the men’s U19 double…took third at the SRAA National Championships in the single…was a four-time PSRA City Championship medalist…as a junior. Finished second at the SRAA National Championships in the single…took first at the Independence Day Regatta in the double and quad…second-place finish in the double at the Navy Day Regatta.
Personal
Son of Charmagne Collick and Anthony Williams Jr….has a younger brother…grandmother graduated from Drexel in 1972...majoring in psychology.
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